Intro to Law and Justice: 13 Week FLEX Full Course

Designed for independent or companion study, this digital download resource includes a full 13-week FLEX course designed to enrich your learner’s understanding of the text: Whatever Happened to Justice by Richard Maybury. Each week students are given a weekly reading assignment, video with multi-media presentation, discussion/ essay questions, and supplemental video/ article links for enrichment through the course syllabus.

This Introduction to Law and Justice course will also be available on demand in separate packages of multimedia power points as well as the companion syllabus & teacher outline for your own use which can be purchased separately or via bundle. I provide 15-28 slides per lesson with topic specific discussion questions, appropriate cultural literacy terms, supplemental articles/ videos, and writing topics.

Students are encouraged to read the assigned articles/chapters and complete weekly homework with the last two weeks reserved for presentations. This course is mixed content- Whatever Happened to Justice? by Richard Maybury, additional current event articles and video will be integrated throughout.

We will be discussing the following principles of law, definitions, terms, and forms of government-

Week One: Author Viewpoints/ Beliefs, Worldviews: Statism vs. Juris Naturalism, Higher Law; Old Common Law, Economics, Law, Politics, Government, Founding Fathers: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Franklin, Bill of Rights

Week Two: Scientific vs. Political Law; English Common Law: Feudal Governments, Precedents, Case Law, Restitution, Outlawry, Wergild, Contract Law, Criminal/ Torte Law, Natural Law

Week Three: Statesman, Separation of Church and State, Origin of Rights: Redistribution of Wealth, Legalized Plunder, Voluntary Charity vs. Welfare/ Subsidy State, Incentive, Profit Motive, Principles of Self-Reliance, Totalitarianism, Left and Right Sides of Government; Socialism; Forms of Government: Despotism, Totalitarianism, Aristocracy, Republic, Democracy

Week Four: Customs become Law; Logic, Force, Laws of Morality; Ambient Encroachment; Contracts: Tacit, Fraud, Agreement, Economic Calculation, Free Trade, NAFTA

Week Five: Rightful Liberty, Protection of Personal Property, Government Controls Against: Force, Fraud, Monopoly, Debauchery, Laws of Economic Freedom; Third Party Purchases; Invisible Hand of Free Markets, Specialization of Trade

Week Six: Government vs. Politics; Divine Mandate and Divine Right of Kings; Republic vs. Democracy; Political Law; Citizens: Rights and Responsibilities; Natural Rights: Negative vs. Positive

Week Seven: Political Law Implications; Imperfections of Common Law, Courts of Equity, Star Chamber, Trial by Combat, Liberties vs. Permission, Magna Carta: Personal & Digital Rights

Week Eight: Right-to-Life, Nuremburg Trials, Democracy: Dangers of Majority Rule, Shay’s Rebellion, Federal Government & Constitution of United States: Protecting Liberty

Week Nine: Liberals vs. Conservatives, Political Power vs. Corporate Influence; Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Russian Dissident on Media; Role of Peace & Police Officers, Power-seekers Priorities; Sources and Laws of Civic Power: Tiananmen Square; Language of the Unheard: Riots, Social Injustice, Civil Rights

Week Ten: Latin American Revolution: Simon Bolivar, Abundance of Savings/ Seed Corn; Capital Gains & Inheritance Tax, Federal Debt to GDP; Origin of Government: Tribute, Feudalism; Social Contract

Week Eleven: Checks and Balances; Public vs. Private Sector Employment & Kahoot Review

Week Twelve: Unsolved Problems: Risk, Capital Punishment, Environmental Sustainability, Drugs, War, Irredentism, Poverty, Capital Flight, Consumer Protection

Week Thirteen: Final Presentations